Auxiliary piano-pedal.



J. R. TYSON.

AUXILIARY ,PIANO PEDAL. Y APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1910.

' Patented May 16,1911.

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J. R. TYSON. AUXILIARY PIAQNO PEDAL. APPLIOATIONTILED JULY 28, 1910.

Patented May 16, 1911.

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JAMES B. TYSON, 0F READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUXILIARY PIANO-PEDAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1911.

Application filed. July 28, 1910. Serial No. 574,252.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES R. Tyson, citizen of the United States, residing at Read ing, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auxiliary Piano- Pedals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in auxiliary piano pedals and the object is to provide a device for operating the pedals of a piano or like instrument.

The invention is intended more particularly for use by children or other persons whose limbs are too short to reach the pedals of a piano while seated on the ordinary piano stool.

The invention consists of a foot support or rest provided with aseries of vertically movable rods adapted when depressed by the foot of the performer, to contact with and depress the piano pedal. The support serves as a rest for the performers feet at all times and also permits the full control of the pedals, with the same ease as if the pedals were operated directly by the feet of the performer.

The invention is more fully described in the following specification and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my device. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional View through 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through 4.4 of Fig. 3.

The numeral 1 designates the top; 2 the end pieces or uprights and 3 the center brace. The top is formed with three integral depending guide lugs 1, arranged in close proximity to the forward edge thereof, and in each of these lugs is located a vertically movable rod 5. These rods are each provided with a removable and adjustable head 6 and a coiled spring 7 is interposed between each head and the upper surface of the top of the support. The lower ends of the rods are each provided with a removable and adjustable cap 8, preferably of rubber and adapted to contact, each with one of the pedals of a piano when the rod is depressed. The springs tend to keep the rods in normal raised position. The uprights 2 are each formed with two right-angled ears 9 at the upper edge and each ear is formed with an open ended slot 10 by means of which the top and uprights may be secured together with screws or bolts. Each of the uprights has at its forward end, a buffer 11 of rubber, cork or other suitable material and also a pair of rubber tips secured to the under side, to prevent slipping.

The brace 8 is located between the uprights, at about the center, and is formed with a pair of ears 18 at each end, each ear having an open ended slot 14, by means of which it may be secured to the uprights by bolts or screws 15.

The entire support comprises but the four pieces, namely the top, the brace and the two uprights and they are held together by the screws 15 passing through the ears 9 and 13.

The upper surface of the top 1 is formed with a series of longitudinal serrations 16 to prevent the performers feet from slipping thereon and also with a central longi tudinal rib 17 which rib acts as a stop for the heels of the performer and also as a guide in determining the location of the operating rods without danger of scratching the surface of the piano with the feet.

It is evident that when it is desired to operate the pedals, with the device in position at the piano, the foot is placed on the head of the rod and the movement of the rod will depress the pedal beneath it.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is In an auxiliary piano pedal, the combination of a foot rest comprising a top having a series of longitudinal serrations and a central longitudinal rib on its upper face and a plurality of depending guides formed integral therewith, uprights having slotted the top and the pieces on the upper extremiears for securing them to the top, and a ties of the rods. 10 brace havlng slot-ted ears for securmg 1t to In testnnony whereof I aflix my signature, the u )r1 'hts W1th vertleall movable rods 1n )resence of two wltnesses.

p 7 y l 7 located 1n sald gu1des for engaglng the JAMES R. lYSON. pedals of a plane, removable and ad yustable Htnesses: pleccs on both extrelmties of sa1d rods and CLARA E. YOUNG,

I 1 springs located between the upper surface of XV. S. ROTHERMEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. O. 

